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The Six Million Dollar Man Lunch Box

American History Museum

Six Million Dollar Man lunch box
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  • Six Million Dollar Man lunch box
  • Six Million Dollar Man lunch box

    Object Details

    collected for nmah

    Smithsonian Institution

    maker

    Aladdin

    Description (Brief)

    This metal lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1974. The lunch box features imagery based on Lee Majors hit TV show, The Six Million Dollar Man, which ran from 1974-1978 on ABC. The front of the box features Lee Major’s character Steve Austin using his bionic abilities to bend steel, leap a car, outrace a horse, and uproot a small tree. The opposite side shows Austin using his bionic strength to dispatch bad guys wielding a small tree.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Date made

    1974

    ID Number

    1988.3160.51

    catalog number

    1988.3160.51

    nonaccession number

    1988.3160

    Object Name

    lunch box

    Physical Description

    metal (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 4 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm

    Related Publication

    Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    general subject association

    School Personal Equipment

    Subject

    Television

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-93cb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1054221

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